I gobbled this book up in two days while on my Galveston vacation. There were so many things to love about it. Henry’s dawning realization of how his inability to talk to his own father has tainted his relationship with his own son, even his ability to see his own son with clear eyes. The deliciousl...
Jamie Ford's debut novel centres around the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Although many of these people had American citizenship and some did not even speak Japanese, they were rounded up and imprisoned in huge Collection Centres, well away from coastal and military areas. Fr...
This book broke me. I fell for the characters as they wormed their way slowly in my heart. They crept up on me, and it wasn't until I got close to the end that I realized just how much. Wow. It's not a perfect book. There were parts, especially around the page 50-100 mark where I found it a bit ...
As I neared the end of On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, I remarked to my husband that I thought that this was probably one of the most romantic stories I had ever read, and I hadn’t even gotten to the end. As I finished, I had to maintain my stance. This probably was the most romantic story I had ...
I really liked this book. I listened to the audio book and I enjoyed the reader's voices for the characters a lot.I think the author picked the perfect age for the main character so that the book could focus on friendship and love rather than lust.I'm not usually too into history, but the time and p...
This is my first post while vacationing. This is Day 4 and there is a lot of family so not getting to read as much as I thought, but its all good. If I get one more book read I'll be happy. So this story takes place during World War II and is the story of Henry, a Chinese-American and Keiko, a Jap...
The darkened corner is probably one of the shortest reads i've ever had but fortunately he did not sacrifice the quality of the story unlike some authors who lowers the quality of their work, the story is shorter and the whole thing just suffers. So basically our protagonist has issues about himself...
With ‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ author Jamie Ford gives us a twist on the theme of star-crossed love in this tale of Henry and his Keiko. Except here, the Montagues are Chinese-American and the Capulets, Japanese-American and the setting is Seattle. The story opens during WWII and fol...
Set in Seattle during World War II, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is about a Chinese-American, Henry Lee, and his friendship with a Japanese-American girl, Keiko. It is a fascinating story of national identities and persistence. Henry's father insists that he wears a "I'm Chinese" button, ...
Hmm..Well, first of all I may have made my most epic fail in buying this book.. And now dont go thinking that I mean that, because of what I thought of the book.. No, I mean, in buying the book itself..See.. I just went for the cheapest version I could find.. Paperback, hardback, what else is there,...
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